Yumeno Kyūsaku
Yumeno Kyūsaku | |
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Yumeno Kyūsaku | |
| Native name | 夢野 久作 |
| Born | Sugiyama Naoki (杉山 直樹) 4 January 1889 Fukuoka, Japan |
| Died | 11 March 1936 (aged 47) Tokyo, Japan |
| Pen name | Kaijaku Ranpei Kagutsuchi Midori Kakumi Dontarō Unsui (雲水) Hōen (萠円) |
| Occupation | Journalist, detective literature writer |
| Genre | Detective stories, science fiction, horror |
| Literary movement | Romanticism, surrealism |
| Notable works | Dogra Magra |
| Relatives | Sugiyama Shigemaru (father) Sugiyama Tatsumaru (son) |
Yumeno Kyūsaku (夢野 久作; 4 January 1889 – 11 March 1936) was the pen name of Sugiyama Yasumichi (杉山 泰道), an early Shōwa period Japanese author, Zen priest, post office director and sub-lieutenant. The pen name roughly means "a person who always dreams". His Dharma name was Goshin-in Gin'en Taidō-koji (悟真院吟園泰道居士). He wrote detective novels and is known for his avant-gardism and his surrealistic, wildly imaginative and fantastic, even bizarre narratives. His eldest son, Sugiyama Tatsumaru, was known as the Green Father of India for spending billions of yen on reforestation.